# At least six people were killed in Russia after Ukraine launched one of its largest aerial attacks since the start of the war over the weekend. In a counterstrike to recent Moscow ballistic missile onslaughts, Kyiv fired one-thousand-478 drones and at least nine cruise missiles. A warehouse belonging to the Russian distribution company Wildberries, […]
# Rugby: The Cheetahs defeated the Blue Bulls 62-52 at Loftus Versfeld to move closer to booking a spot in the Currie Cup semifinals. The Bulls were 17-47 down at halftime but fought hard until the final minute. However, the Cheetahs were able to withstand the hosts’ late charge, scoring nine tries to the Bulls’ eight, […]
# ‘n Gesamentlike misdaadvoorkomingsoperasie wat gister in Brooklyn en Sunnyside in Tshwane uitgevoer is, het gelei tot die inhegtenisneming van 332 verdagtes vir verskeie oortredings. ‘n Polisiewoordvoerder, Johan van Dyk, sê die verdagtes is aangekeer vir misdade wat wissel van moord en poging tot moord tot gewapende roof. Hy sê altesaam 61 ongedokumenteerde buitelandse burgers […]
# Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, has dismissed the idea that settlements were an obstacle to peace. The UN Security Council has sounded the alarm over rising settler violence, demolitions and displacement of Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank. All Israeli settlements there have no legal validity and constitute a violation of […]
# Die Vereniging van Staatsamptenare versoek die Openbare Beskermer om ‘n dringende en uitgebreide ondersoek te doen na beweerde salarisverhogings van die uitvoerende bestuur van die Nasionale Biblioteek van Suid-Afrika. Volgens berigte is die salarisaanpassings en bestuurproses nie in pas met die standaarde wat van ‘n openbare instelling verwag word nie. Volgens wat berig word […]
# Die GOOD-party in die Wes-Kaap sê ‘n totaal van 664,3-miljoen-rand wat die Departement van Infrastruktuur toegeken het om gratis basiese huise vir 680-duisend mense op ‘n waglys te bou, is nie gebruik nie. Joy Kamineth van GOOD, sê een-duisend families kon huise gehad het, maar moet in plaas daarvan nog ‘n jaar op die […]
# SA Sport Awards: Proteas cricket captain Temba Bavuma, Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx and Olympic silver medallist sprinter Akani Simbine were nominated for Sport Star of the Year at the South African Sport Awards. Laura Wolvaardt, Kira Bester and Prudence Sekgodiso are up for Sportswoman, and Christiaan Maas, Pieter Coetzee and Kevin Lerena for Sportsman. The […]
# Minister of Higher Education, Buti Manamela, says the National Student Financial Aid Scheme’s missing-middle loan scheme requires urgent improvement, including simplifying the eligibility and application process. Over 53-thousand students applied for loans this year, but only three-thousand-102 have been assessed as eligible. Manamela says the increase in applications is encouraging, but the conversion of […]
# Die Tshwane Metropolisiediens het hierdie week tydens die afdwing van verordeninge 48 ongedokumenteerde buitelanders in Pretoria-Noord, Centurion, Sinoville en Cullinan in hegtenis geneem. Dit het deel uitgemaak van voortgesette optredes om verordeninge af te dwing, openbare veiligheid te bevorder en te verseker daar word aan nasionale wetgewing voldoen. Die woordvoerder van die Metropolisie in […]
